Issue 6, 2013

Electrochemical behavior and dioxygen reactivity of tripodal dinuclear copper complexes linked by unsaturated rigid spacers

Abstract

New dinucleating ligands based on two tripodal tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TMPA) units linked by a series of delocalized π-electrons spacers have been synthesized. Their di-CuII complexes have been prepared and structurally characterized. As compared to the corresponding monotopic complexes, these dinuclear CuII complexes reveal spectroscopic and voltammetric features ascribable to weakly perturbed electronic interactions. In the case of the anthracenyl spacer, observation both in the solid and in solution suggests that the existence of intramolecular π–π stacking interactions influences the geometry of the complex and hence its electronic properties. The bis-CuI complexes were prepared electrochemically. In the specific case of the complex bearing a mono-alkyne spacer, addition of dioxygen in acetonitrile leads to the slow formation of a trans-μ-1,2 peroxo Cu2 complex which shows good stability at 268 K (t1/2 = 240 s). Analysis of the kinetics of the peroxo formation by UV-vis spectroscopy suggests that the increased activation barrier for intramolecular binding of dioxygen is due to the rigidity of the spacer.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical behavior and dioxygen reactivity of tripodal dinuclear copper complexes linked by unsaturated rigid spacers

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Jul 2012
Accepted
02 Oct 2012
First published
04 Oct 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 2238-2253

Electrochemical behavior and dioxygen reactivity of tripodal dinuclear copper complexes linked by unsaturated rigid spacers

A. Gomila, N. Le Poul, J. Kerbaol, N. Cosquer, S. Triki, B. Douziech, F. Conan and Y. Le Mest, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 2238 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31456H

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